Holywell Park, Loughborough University

Overview

The vehicle in its environment

Aerodynamics has never been more central to the development of cars, commercial vehicles, motorbikes, trains and human powered vehicles, driven by the need for efficiency: reducing carbon dioxide emissions, reducing fuel consumption, increasing range and alleviating problems associated with traffic congestion.

Reducing vehicle weight makes it more challenging to ensure that they are stable and handle well over a wide range of environmental conditions. Lighter structures are also more vulnerable to aerodynamically induced vibration. Alongside this, customers demand an environment that is quiet, comfortable and maintains their vision of the world around them in all weathers.

These aims must be met by designing vehicles that engage customers emotionally, promoting the brand values of manufacturers and operators. This can only be done by collaboration between designers and aerodynamicists.

The know-how to meet these challenges is embodied in fundamental scientific and engineering knowledge, wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamics technology. It is clearly important to promote progress in all of these areas.

Building on the successful International Vehicle Aerodynamics Conference series supported by the Royal Aeronautical Society and MIRA since 1994, the 2014 conference will provide an opportunity for engineers, designers, academics and researchers to discuss a wide range of topics:

19:00
NETWORKING DRINKS AND DINNER
The conference dinner will be held at Prestwold Hall. Attendees will enjoy a drinks reception
followed by a three-course meal, while reflecting on the day. Delegates must register in advance on
the registration form. An additional charge applies, places are limited.

10:40
Investigation into the Effect of the Wake from a Generic Formula 1 Car
on a Downstream Vehicle
J. Newbon, R. Dominy, D. Sims-Williams, Durham University, School of Engineering and
Computing Sciences

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